Copy an Organ by Feel

Series Summary

Because of its creative uses of verbal and written communication, music is one of the most interesting forms of expression that exists in the world today. Music is unique in that it facilitates a special conversation between the musician and the audience that exceeds mere words. Music creates a connection between people that is not limited by time, distance or relationship; a song can speak to anyone, anywhere. That’s why music continually changes and grows, is still loved and still proliferates. Music is a living language as well as a crucial part of church music in countries all over the world. And no instrument is more important to church music than the organ. In this free organ lesson video, an experienced organ player explains how to play bass lines as well as chords, progressions and tempos with hands as well as feet. He demonstrates various ways to play musical lines using the feel of the keys and the sounds they make rather than looking at the keys themselves. This expert also demonstrates how to experiment to come up with unique bass lines for the organ.

Video Transcript

"Now, in this series, I'm going to show you how to use your senses to play. When I first started playing the organ, I had to....I learned by using pictures. So, such as, maybe, using the black keys, or the white keys, or, how, what they looked like. Using your senses. It's very important that you find your way of doing it. I'm just going to give you a couple of ideas, but after that, you just kind of take it and make it your own. Use some, some rhymes, or use some pictures, or use the way that your hands feel, or the structure, the way that you held your hand, the form of your hand in order to play. Or you're going to play in the one key, take that up to another key. And, it can be pretty interesting and fun. Be creative. That's the whole point of this thing is to definitely be creative, and to make it your own."